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the best of their way down the rivers towards 

 the sea." 



A postscript adds " They were about the 

 6 size of a magpie's eggs;' of a reddish colour; 

 not oval, but perfectly round : in number a great 

 many hundreds." 



High Price of Thames Salmon. The Thames 

 produces salmon (though not in abundance) 

 which are generally taken about Isleworth, 

 these fetch a most extravagant price in the Lon- 

 don markets, having been sold at 12s. per pound; 

 85. and 10s. 6d. per pound are frequently given 

 for the whole fish. Daniel's Rural Sports. 



The Rev. Mr. Waring, of Isleworth, having 

 tired, and brought to the top of the water, a fine 

 salmon, and being on the point of taking it into 

 the punt, another large fish was observed to be 

 following close after it, and apparently attached 

 to it, but so intent upon the pursuit of the 

 hooked one was he, that they procured a landing 

 hook, and without any resistance he allowed the 

 hook to be inserted under his gill, and was thus 

 securely taken. Upon examination it was fonnd 

 the first was a female, and the second a male fish, 

 and doubtless, as this happened during the spawn- 

 ing season, the female was about to deposit her 



